Inductively coupled plasma See ICP

ICP-AES See inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy. 

Iberian Peninsula, production centers, majolica pottery found on Canary Islands, 384, 385-398 Icelandic Norse-trading site, sulfur materials, simultaneous co-incident x-ray micro-fluorescence and microdiffraction analyses, 204-205 ICP-MS. See Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry ICP-OES. See Inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy. 

ICP-OES inductively coupled plasma -optical emission spectrometry (see ICP-AES)... 

Plasma is an ionized gas, in which a certain proportion of electrons are free rather than being hound to an atom or molecule. The ability of the positive and negative charges to move somewhat independently makes the plasma electrically conductive so that it responds strongly to electromagnetic fields. Plasma therefore has properties quite unlike those of sohds, hquids or gases. It is considered to be a distinct state of matter. Plasma t5q)icaUy takes the form of neutral gas-like clouds. See inductively coupled plasma (ICP). 

The method of choice, which has been established in several companies within the last three years, uses ion chromatography (see Fig. 2.2-2). This comparatively convenient method can achieve detection limits in the low ppm range [6]. For applications where an even lower chloride content is required, ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry), which has a detection limit at the 10 ppb level, can be used [14]. 

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